Blood Bowl | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Seller: GoGamer
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,234
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: sports_and_outdoors_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
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MPN: 50051
Model: 50051
UPC: 612561500518
EAN: 0612561500518
ASIN: B00321QGKW
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Two completely different game modes: play the authentic, turn-based Blood Bowl experience or live the game in Real Time Mode | | • | A huge single player game; take part in a complete Blood Bowl campaign with 15 Championships and Cups or choose your own competition rules and create your own Championships | | • | Develop your team by gaining new levels and pieces of performance-enhancing equipment | | • | The multiplayer competition at its best; create a team online and take part in leagues and tournaments over the Internet | | • | Create your own online Private League with your own competition rules |
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Product Description
Blood Bowl PC
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| Customer Reviews:
 The computer version we waited for! February 1, 2010
James W. Durney (Tampa Bay area)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Blood Bowl is one of the storied board games. A combination of hand painted miniatures, board and comprehensive rules it commands a devoted following. Blood Bowl games are a staple in any gamming room BUT the game was never successfully computerized. The first try resulted in a better than nothing game that had the title and some of the ideas but lacked the depth and complexity of the board game.
This version maintains the depth of the board game while adding a real time game. Based on the "live rules" and faithful to them, this is a very good computerized version of the board game. The turn-based game is the board game with an assistant handling all the rules and die rolls. In addition, there is an opponent always ready to play and no set up or clean up time required. In the "Blitz Mode", you play in real time with all the rules and options included.
The graphics are a joy! The true to type races are in constant movement. Cheerleaders, refs and spectators add to the eye candy. The varied places for the pitch show real thought and care.
There is a learning curve! This is NOT a beer n pretzel game and that carries into this version. In addition to many rules, you will need to master the computer controls. It took me a couple of tries and some reading to just move my players. Now I am adjusting to dangers or advantages in selecting their path. Blitz mode beckons but right now the traditional turn based game is what I play.
The Internet contains a very active Blood Bowl presence. The computer game is well represented and fully supported by the developers. When ready, there is a full on-line world of competition waiting for me. The game's AI is not bad and very lucky on some forums or a cheater on others. The important thing is this game has an AI that plays rather well and can win or tie a good deal of the time.
This version contains the new Dark Elf race in addition to Humans, Orcs, Dwarfs, Skaven, Lizardmen, Goblins, Chaos and Wood Elves. Each fully animated race has different strengths and weaknesses. When you learn to win with one race, switching to another produces a new set of challenges. We hope to see additional races from the board game added over time. The Dark Elves were a free download from the Blood Bowl site.
The game allows you to play single turn based or real time game with predefined teams for all the races. There is a full campaign version included and instructions for on-line play in leagues.
What is Blood Bowl? Many years from now, in a world very different from ours, where magic works and the races are always at war, they found a copy of football rules. Little by little, the game stopped war by allowing the races to work off their aggressions and frustrations on the pitch. They did not really understand all of the rules and modified the game to fit their personalities. Bribing the Ref, fouling a player, injuries and death are all part of a normal game. Watch out for the fans, that twelfth whatever is a clear and present danger!
Death and a "Football" August 31, 2010
TastyBabySyndrome ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA)
This games reminds me of a turned based Mutant League Football. It has some HARd things to learn at first, and it can be frustrating. It can also feel slightly out-of-skew when you see "live action" because it really isn't as much live as it is turn-based almost all the time. Still, it has some interesting things you can do.
One of the nicest things you can do is cheat, maim, take things and turn them to your advantage, and genreally do your best at being bad. Some teams are built like mack trucks and do this well: sometimes, when starting out, a specific team is better for a person. Later, when you want it to be harder, kick it up by using a softer species. You can also go classic rules versus a lot of odd rules and you can play a lot of different settings.
Online is not the way I like BUt it does have a bit of fun to it - some people think this is the best feautre. If this is what you want, another reviewer has done an EXCELLENT job breaking all the features for that down. If you want a quick game or a league, then you can also play with some interesting stuff. First, you have to buy some players, pick out what they can do, and then you pick out sponsors. They basically give you mney for guarantees and they get you better. You can help this out by getting a healer to keep your guys from dropping like flies, can pay off refs, can pay off refs to keep from them being paid off, can block players from being paid off or pay off players yourself, and all sorts of other stuff.
Basically, it is complex.
I like it but it has its naysayers. Basically, if you love the sound of the game you should try it because there isn't much to lose now. The cost is GREAt - it goes good with experiments. That's why I got it and, really, I'm still learning.
For the non-conventional all the way.
 Not ready for prime time. April 14, 2010
Sean Baker (South Florida, USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It may be that i'm a long time fan of the game. But the game just does not thrill me as any of the other versions. It doesnt feel complete, which it isnt, just go to their website to realize why i say that. Also some of the controls dont feel as intuitive as in some versions of the game.My opinion, wait for the new version.
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